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About The Blue Mountain eagle. (John Day, Or.) 1972-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 2018)
A18 NEWS Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Parade Continued from Page A1 About 125 trucks were in the inaugural parade on Dec. 11, 1993, Traylor recalled. The aim was to demonstrate the impor- tance of the timber industry in Grant County. The D.R. Johnson Co. contin- ues to sponsor a timber truckers parade in Douglas County. They also donated $200 for the fi rst- place commercial prize, Traylor said. Traylor was a John Day city councilor when the people sup- porting the trucker parade asked for a city representative to serve on the organizing committee. Traylor took on the job and has been the go-to person for 17 years. At the conclusion of the parade, participants gathered in the John Day Elks Lodge for chili, hot drinks and the prize announcements. A hat was passed and $250 was raised to assist with relief efforts following the recent devastating fi re in Paradise, California. Parade results Timber First: Rude Logging, $200 Second: Iron Triangle, Ron Taynton, $100 Third: Iron Triangle, Jerry Butler, $50 Commercial First: Mike DesJardin Den- tistry, $200 Second: Eastern Oregon Realty, Lindsay Madden, $100 Third: UPS, Zack DeRosier, $50 Farm and ranch First: Broken Leg Ranch, $200 Second: Keerins Ranch, $100 Community First: Grant County Search & Rescue, $200 Second: John Day Fire Depart- ment, $100 Third: Living Word Christian Center, $50 People’s choice First: Living Word Christian Center, $100 Second: Rude Logging, $50 Sweepstakes Rude Logging, Ruger camo rifl e Shotgun winners Steve Kowing and Bill Combs The Eagle/Richard Hanners Santa Claus waves to the crowds as the 2018 Timber Truckers parade ran down Main Street in John Day on Dec. 8. The Eagle/Richard Hanners The Eagle/Richard Hanners A giant straw-fi lled crib rode down Main Street in John Day for the 2018 Timber Truckers parade on Dec. 8. Horns blared and lights fl ashed as the 2018 Timber Truckers parade ran down Main Street in John Day on Dec. 8. Projects Read this book, and you’ll understand a lot about what makes Oregon Oregon. Continued from Page A1 — Jackman Wilson, Editorial Page Editor, The Register-Guard “Grit and Ink” tells a story that is very worthy of being told. — Kerry Tymchuk, Executive Director, Oregon Historical Society Small-town family business history at its best. —Richard Baker, U.S. Senate Historian Emeritus NOW AVAILABLE AT IN PRINT AND eBOOK FOR KINDLE Also available from local booksellers or call 800-621-2736 books.eomediagroup.com/grit-ink 93529 “He is optimistic we would succeed but acknowl- edged the uncertainty of establishing an off-season grow process with unknown potential yields, the need to identify microbrewer- ies able to harvest the hops and determining the opti- mal growing environment,” Green said. Green noted that the sav- ings by building all fi ve bays at one time was $40,000, and the council didn’t need to make a decision right away. The materials for the two bays could be sent back to Euromex, he said. Councilor Gregg Haberly was not ready to give up on the two-bay expansion. He noted that the fi rst three bays were dedicated to growing produce for Ches- ter’s Thriftway, but the additional two bays could be used to grow produce for local restaurants and other grocery outlets. Paul Smith supported that idea, suggesting the two bays be used for produce until the fresh hops market could be established. Councilor Brandon Smith opposed the expansion, not- ing that risks multiply and can become worse. If it was a private company, his opin- ion might be different, but this was public money, he said. He suggested gather- ing more information. Councilor Shannon Adair agreed but noted that her business, 1188 Brewing Co., would buy all its pro- duce from the city’s green- house. Councilor Steve Schuette said the city needs to show some success before expanding. State bureaucracy was holding up approval of con- struction plans for the fi rst three bays, Green said, but once they were approved, construction of the next two bays would go much faster. The council agreed to wait for more information on marketing before proceed- The Eagle/Richard Hanners Left to right, John Day City Councilors Brandon Smith, Steve Schuette and Shannon Adair at the special joint session at the Grant County Regional Airport on Dec. 4. ing with the expansion. Aquatics facility Green also described fi nancial constraints affect- ing plans for an indoor aquatics facility. An outdoor pool with similar features to the current Gleason Pool could be built for $4.5 mil- lion, but scaling up the proj- ect to a larger indoor facil- ity drove up operation and maintenance costs beyond what the local tax base could support, he said. An outdoor pool with a recreation facility including a basketball court, a climb- ing area for children and circuit-training equipment was more feasible, he said. But year-round costs for an indoor pool don’t pen- cil out according to the con- sultants, he said. He cited the high costs for an aquat- ics facility in Madras as an example. Mayor Ron Lundbom was skeptical of the news. He suggested more peo- ple would use a year-round indoor pool than the current pool, and he asked to see the numbers. Green also explained that recent large disasters in the U.S., including hurricanes and large fi res, were driv- ing up the costs for new construction. On the other hand, the county’s hospital bond was ending soon and loan costs were still low. The city will receive about $1 million from the state for the sale of city park property adjacent to the Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site, which would pay for about a quarter of the smallest pool option, Green said. But a $9 million indoor project would cost taxpayers about as much as the hospital bond, he said. There has been a strong interest in an indoor facility, but no money was set aside for it, he said. The pool project must be more than a city proj- ect, Paul Smith said — oth- erwise the operations and maintenance costs were not sustainable. Street projects The council also learned that the state’s Small City Allotment Oversight Com- mittee scaled back street project grants, limiting cit- ies to one $100,000 project instead of two as previously thought. The state received 150 applications from 112 cities totaling $14.8 million in the competitive grant program, but the state only awarded 56 projects totaling $5.4 million. As a result, the city of John Day will rebuild the Charolais Heights intersec- tion and not the Govern- ment Entry Road project that would have connected Valley View Drive to Patter- son Bridge Road. In addition, the state told John Day that rights-of- way for projects must be acquired ahead of time for future applications, which wasn’t done for the Gov- ernment Entry Road proj- ect. Prairie City and Day- ville also were awarded $100,000 grants.
